Spilt Milk                                                        Jan. 25, 2005

"We...are as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again." So says the wise woman to King David. How many of us try to undue things that the past has already absorbed. There are two kinds of problems: those we can do something about, and the ones beyond our control. We are to concern ourselves with the first and leave the second alone.

Some spend a lifetime crying over spilt milk, not realizing that in many cases, the milk was spoiled. There are times in our lives when God is responsible for turning over the glass and not we ourselves. Therefore, our disappointments can be, in reality, His-appointments. In God's infinite wisdom and love, rather than letting something sour enter into our lives, He prevents us from tasting of it. We do not know sweet milk from the sour, but He does.

One thing is for sure; whether it be God or we who spills the milk, there is nothing we can do once it's done. The wisest thing is to go on with our

lives. After all, there are other glasses of milk that will not be spilled, and we can enjoy them.